Woo! Was thinking about grabbing the wrist wraps. My EFS ones smell like straight ******* and have torn thumb loops.

I've used the knee wraps previously (hit a nice squat in them that day) and I like the feel of the material. As much as I like that EFS has a specific left and right thumb loop, they rip all the ****ING time.

Ugh, had no speed off the floor whatsoever. I'm kinda struggling with my positioning on sumo and particularly having issues holding my arch. My psoas has been tighter than usual and so has my lumbar, which has to be the culprit. Either way, I need to get on top of it now.

Decided I needed a bit of an easy day after my crap day on Wednesday and I've been really pushing it lately. Shoulder still feels pretty good and I've got a deep tissue massage on deck next week. I'm not quite sure what the plan is for Sunday. I'll likely be doing just some box squats and assistance work without pushing the main movement.

Squats weren't quite done in a DE fashion, but it was pretty close to that. I only took about 90s rest between sets and was pretty close to depth on most of them. My primary goal for the day was getting optimal foot and hip position on the unrack as I've been struggling with that for awhile. I may have found a trick to use for our mono, but I won't know until I start putting on more plates. This doesn't officially start the meet training, but I wanted to put the briefs on and make sure they still fit and everything was good to go.

Doing box squats in briefs blows. Like Moby Dick level of blow. That being said, they went well and made me really force tightness and technique. Hitting that level of depth in briefs at that weight is very difficult and takes a lot out of me.

What don't you like about box squatting in briefs? I'm guessing your briefs are tighter than mine. Edit: Was it the depth? Parallel versus below off a box in briefs is a huge difference for me. I forgot one of my 1" mats for a set a few weeks back and got humbled quickly.

Felt really good today. Wasn't planning on doing any pressing, but I decided to try some incline and proceed only if there was zero pain. I hit a good groove and got some great contractions throughout. Still no plans to bench for awhile, though.

9/26 Incline DB 70x8 70x10 70x15 HS Row (neutral) 190x3x12 Lat Pulldowns 180x12 200x2x12 Tate Press/DB Curls 45x3x12/35x3x12 Side Laterals/Rope Facepulls 30x2x15/80x2x15 Felt really good today. Wasn't planning on doing any pressing, but I decided to try some incline and proceed only if there was zero pain. I hit a good groove and got some great contractions throughout. Still no plans to bench for awhile, though.

I was shocked that I had this good of a day considering how much beer I drank last night. Footing felt good and the weight didn't feel heavy at all. Overall, extra happy with the day. I haven't fully laid out my meet training plan, but this is more or less the beginning of the squat portion. I've noticed that if I slowly ramp up on my squat is when I'm at my strongest.

EDIT: that may be a briefs only rep PR, but I'm not sure. They were smooth and to depth, which I was struggling with not too long ago.